Black-throated Blue Warbler

(Setophaga caerulescens)

Where: Richmond, VA • Glidewell Rd.

Notes: Not also does spring mean the arrival of the breeding season for our resident birds, but it also coincides with the biannual stopover of a special group of species. Every spring and fall we are treated to an additional variety of birds and as the seasons change, migration parades to and fro. This year we have had one of the slower transitions from winter to summer, than I can remember in recent history. The lingering coolness of winter had slowed the northward movement of our migratory birds. Perhaps because the insects they refuel on, were late to emerge as well. The density of the spring migration seems to be more tightly condensed this year, like a traffic jam that just cleared out. The migrants seem to be passing through a more quickly this season, as if they are running behind some biological schedule. With conditions like this, we seem to get big fall out days with a great variety in species and high individual count numbers, but only for a few days before they move on.

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